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Ciara vs. Future: A Timeline Of Their Constant Battle

Ciara and ex-Future began their relationship making beautiful music together, but somewhere between their engagement, the birth of their son, Future Zahir, and planning their wedding, everything fell apart. Since their very public split, Ciara has moved on to marry anew love, NFL star Russell Wilson, but even though she has put her best foot forward, her legal battles with Future linger on.

As Ciara and Future's legal battles continue to dominatge the headlines month after month, many fans are wondering exactly what they're fighting over? Good question. We break things down beginning with the moment their relationship turned sour and ending with where they stand now.

August 2014: The couple calls off their engagement after 14 months of dating.

September 2014: Baby Future’s parents reconcile for his sake but breakup shortly thereafter.

December 2014: Ciara removes tattoo dedicated to Future from her finger. Ciara got a ”N” tattoo on her left ring finger to represent Future's real first name, Nayvadius.

January 2015: Singer releases song “I Bet” which addresses Future cheating allegations The lyrics from the single off her fifth studio album, Jackie, many interperted to be about the father of her son. "I bet you start loving me as soon as I start loving someone else / Somebody better than you / I bet you start needing me as soon as you see me with someone else / Somebody other than you / And I know that it hurts / You know that it hurts your pride / But you thought the grass was greener on the other side," she sang.

July 2015: Ciara fires shots at Future’s parenting during interviews and on Twitter. "Some Person Is So Dishonest and Ignorant That They Don't Deserve A Response," and "Furthermore, One's Main Focus Should Be On Being A Good Parent," she tweeted following Future's discussion about the failure of their relationship.

August 2015: Future reportedly refused to speak to Ciara about meeting Russell Wilson. In April, the singer attended the White House Correspondents’ Dinner arm-in-arm with Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson. The announced they were dating shortly thereafter and Future was not receptive to meeting with Wilson about baby Future.

January 2016: Future tweets about Ciara calling her “a b***h.” "This bitch got control problems…" Future said in a since deleted tweet. "I gotta go through lawyers to see babyfuture…the f--kery for 15k a month. I jus want babyfuture that's all."

February 2016: The singer filed a $15 million lawsuit against the rapper.

May 2016: Future awarded joint custody of he and Ciara's son. A judge denied Ciara's request for full custody.

July 2016: Ciara files a defamation suit for $500,000 against the rapper making a claim that his negative public comments about her on Twitter stopped her from landing a lucrative deal with an international cosmetics company.